"armenian monochrome v"

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36 x 36 in.

• paints ground by hand using armenian pigment, oil, alkyd-based medium, wax, and mineral spirits/paint thinner

• tavush green earth (primary pigment used in this painting) is from idzhevanskoe deposits, located in ijevan, tavush province in Armenia. tavush green earth is a fine grained, warm green earth (terre verte) pigment

• yellow travertine (pigment used in this painting) is from deposits in the lori province of armenia. travertine is a type of limestone that is formed by mineral deposits of calcite from natural springs. this yellow travertine pigment contains a small amount of iron oxide that imparts a pale yellow-beige color

• more information about the pigment and my process here

canvas stretched and primed by hand

i used 2.5 in. deep kiln-dried pine stretcher bars, reinforced w cross bracing, and 15 oz. cotton duck canvas

then primed with archival titanium white latex-polymer ground 

armenian pigment, oil, and charcoal on cotton-duck canvas